Type-writer case.



B. S. GORE.

TYPE WRITER CASE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18,1908

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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BENJAMIN STONE GORE, OF JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.

TYPE-WRITER CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 18, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 449,057.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN STONE I GORE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Johnson City, in the county of Washington and State ofTennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-WriterCases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to receptacles, and more particularly to a caseadapted for the reception of a typewriter, and has for an object toprovide a case which will be simple in construction and which will be soarranged that the weight of the typewriter will be equally distributed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a typewriter case inwhich the handle for carrying the same is disposed at one end of saidcase and to provide a case that can be carried in a convenient mannerand out of contact with the person.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of theinvention is better disclosed, and it will he understood that changeswithin the claim may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case, Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view through the same, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown atypewriter case comprising two sections 2 and 3 which are hingedlyconnected to each other as shown at 4. The section 2 comprises verticalend Walls 5, a bottom 6, a to 7, and side wall 8, as shown. The end wals 5 are preferably cut away as indicated at 9 to receive por= tions ofthe section 3 to be hereinafter described. The section 3 comprises avertical wall 10, a top wall 11, end walls 12, and a vertically disposedmember 13 carried by the top 11 which is adapted to lie against portionsof the walls 5 and top 7 of the section 2 when the case is in a closedposition as shown in the drawings. The member 13 carries adjacent toeach of its ends a hook 14, and said hooks are removably engaged withscrews or studs 15 projecting from the top 7 of the section 2. he top 7of the section 2 carries a suitable lock 16 to be engaged with themember 13 of the section 3 to securely hold the case in a lockedposition. The top 11 of the said section 3 carries a handle 17 disposedin a longitudinal plane with respect to said top whereby the weight ofthe typewriter within the case is equally distributed to effectivelybalance the case when held by said handle. The inner edges of the ends12 of the section 3 are disposed outwardly of the edges of the walls 5of the section 2 and the edges of walls 12 lie against beads 18 carriedby the walls 5. The member 13 is provided with beads 19 adapted to lieoutwardly of portions of said walls 5 adjacent to the upper endsthereof. The section 2 has one of its walls provided with a bracket 20having a headed portion 21. to receive the inner edge of a hollow body22 carried by one wall 12 of the section 3, and this hollow bodycommunicates with the interior of the case, as shown. The other wall 5of section 2 is provided with a similar body 23, and the other wall 12of the section 3 is provided with a hollow body 24 adapted to aline withand communicate with the body 23. The bodies 23 and 24 are arrangedopposite to the body 22, and said bodies are adapted to receive theprojecting portions of the frame of a typewriter, not shown. The sidewall 8 of the section 2 is provided with a plurality of socket members25 adapted to receive the feet of the typewriter, and the wall 10 of thesection 3 carries brackets 26 to engage the carriage and other operativeparts of a typewriter and thus effectively hold the typewriter againstmovement while in said case.

hen it is desired to use the case it will of course, be understood thatthe two members of the same are swung away from each other to enable theinsertion of a typewriter, and during this operation it may be mentionedthat the wall 8 of the section 2 is placed in a horizontal position andmay rest upon a suitable support.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a typewriter case of the portable type, hingedly connected sections,a plurality of typewriter feet receiving socket members carried by oneof said sections, typewriter carriage engaging brackets carried by theother section adapted when the case is in a closed position to hold thefeet of the typewriter engaged in said socket members, alinlng hollowbodies carried by one of said. 560- l at right angles to the saidcarriage engaging tions for recelvlng pr0 eot1ng end portlons ofbrackets. a typewriter freme,'means carried by the ad- In Witnesswhereof I afiiX my signature in jacent section for closing the saidhollow 5 presence of two Witnesses. bodies when the case is in a closedposition, BENJAMIN STONE GORE.

means for holding said sections locked to W itnesses: each other, and ahandle carried by one of W. N. BELEW, said sections at the top thereofand cllsposecl F P. GRAY.

